contradiction

  1. Noun.  (uncountable) The act of contradicting.
  2. Noun.  (countable) A statement that contradicts itself.
  3. Noun.  (countable) a logical incompatibility among two or more elements or propositions.
  4. Noun.  (logic) (countable) A proposition that is false for all values of its variables.

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